[Photo] Autumn Returns to the Thousand-Year-Old Temple... Uiseong's Gounsa, a Feast of Traditional Culture

Cultural festival returns after two years, overcoming the trauma of the wildfire
A variety of experiences, including temple food, meditation, and tea gatherings

Monk Deungun, head of the 16th district of the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism and abbot of Gounsa Temple on Deungunsan Mountain in Uiseong, in front of Daeungjeon Hall [Photo by Kwon Byeonggeon]

Visitors and temple followers try and watch a demonstration of temple cuisine at the 4th Goun Culture Festival and Temple Cuisine Festival, held on the grounds of Gounsa. [Photo by Kwon Byeonggeon]

The bronze bell of Gounsa Temple in Uiseong, a thousand-year-old temple that suffered severe damage in last March's massive wildfire in Gyeongbuk, is seen cracked by the intense flames. [Photo by Kwon Byeonggeon]

Believers and monks are undertaking reconstruction work. [Photo by Kwon Byeonggeon]

Gounsa's Daeungjeon Hall can be seen behind the sign for the Temple Food Festival held with the head temple and its branch temples. [Photo by Kwon Byeonggeon]

A father waits in line with his child to sample food at the Goun Cultural Festival and Temple Food Festival. [Photo by Kwon Byeonggeon]

On October 18, various cultural events, including temple food demonstrations and hands-on activities, are taking place at the 4th Goun Cultural Festival and Temple Food Festival, held at Gounsa Temple in Danchon-myeon, Uiseong County, Gyeongsangbuk-do. With “Again, the Forest of a Thousand Years” as its theme, the festival features a range of programs, including tea gatherings with Buddhist monks, meditation, environmental activities, a local win-win flea market, and busking. The cultural festival, which was suspended after a major wildfire last year, has resumed after a two-year hiatus. Three shuttle buses are operating during the event to make transportation more convenient for visitors.

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